Lower Back Pain: A Physio’s Plan for the First Two Weeks
What to do day by day when your back goes: red flags first, then heat and movement for days 1–3, building back in week one, and the mistakes that slow recovery.
Back Pain
Lower back, upper back and the problems that sit alongside them. How to use heat for a stiff or spasming back, what to do in the first two weeks of a flare, back pain from desk work, driving, gardening, shift work, pregnancy and long flights, and the warning signs that mean a doctor rather than a heat pad. Heat eases the muscle guarding; movement is what gets you better, and every article here says which is which.
Back Pain in Pregnancy: Using Heat Safely
Why pregnancy causes back and pelvic pain, how to use a heat pad safely for it, practical changes for daily life and sleep, and the symptoms that need a call.
Back Pain in Elderly Parents: Safe Heat at Home
Written for adult children: why new back pain after 50 needs checking, why heat carries more risk for older skin, how to set a pad up safely, and what helps more.
Sciatica: Can a Heating Pad Help?
Heat eases the muscle spasm that comes with sciatica, but does nothing to the nerve itself. Where to place the pad, why numbness changes the rules, and the red flags that need A&E.
Heating Pad for Lower Back Pain: How to Use It Properly
A physio’s guide to using a heating pad for lower back pain: the best positions, when to use it, the exercises to do while you’re warm, and when back pain needs checking.
Heating Pad for Back Pain: When It Helps and When It Won’t
Heat eases most everyday back pain, but not sciatica, fractures or pain coming from your organs. A physio explains which back pain a heating pad suits and the warning signs to know.
Lower Back Pain on the Left Side: Common Causes and When to Worry
Pain on the left side of your lower back is usually a muscle or joint, but your kidney, bowel or ovary can feel the same. How to tell the difference, and when to see a doctor.
Upper Back Pain From Desk Work
That ache between your shoulders by 4pm? A physio explains why desk work causes upper back pain, how to use heat for it, four movements for your break, and the desk changes that help most.